Asked by: Baroness Buscombe (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many soldiers and their families are on accommodation waiting lists or assigned to accommodation a significant distance from their work because priority for housing was given to the families of Afghan refugees.
Answered by Lord Coaker - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
No Armed Forces families have been displaced from their Service Family Accommodation either within barracks, or on housing estates close to their place of work, to house Afghan families.
No Service Families are on waiting lists or have been assigned accommodation a significant distance from their work because priority for housing was given to Afghan families.
The Ministry Of Defence’s priority is and will always remain, to accommodate Serving personnel and their families.
Asked by: Baroness Buscombe (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many armed forces families have been displaced from their Service Family Accommodation (1) within barracks, and (2) on housing estates close to their place of work, to house families of Afghan refugees since 6 January 2022.
Answered by Lord Coaker - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
No Armed Forces families have been displaced from their Service Family Accommodation either within barracks, or on housing estates close to their place of work, to house Afghan families.
No Service Families are on waiting lists or have been assigned accommodation a significant distance from their work because priority for housing was given to Afghan families.
The Ministry Of Defence’s priority is and will always remain, to accommodate Serving personnel and their families.